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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
10
Marion Brown travels through Corydon with hoop poles for Lanesville market while Oscar Huston from Rehobeth and others are noted. The column mentions a lunacy commission on Elizabeth Eldridge, a piano sale at C W Conrad, and town events including a bazar at the M E church and holiday promotions.
An ad promoting a new line of Good Luck shoes for boys claims they will wear longer than any prior footwear. The copy encourages trying a pair to verify the claim and is signed by C. M. Mitten.
Xmas tree at Perseverance Chapel on Xmas Eve with recitations dialogues singing and good music. Corydon forms pastime club No 2 with about forty members. first meeting at A W Brewster’s Friday. Dr Bade the Specialist will visit Kintner Hotel Mon Tue and possibly longer to assist all. The Louisville Evansville and St Louis line to be renamed The St Louis Louisville Lines Southern Railway on Jan 1. New prosecuting attorney A D Fleshman appointed in Clark County. A $100 judgment in Clark circuit court over shade trees. Mrs Martha Jordon wife of Judge Lewis Jordan died in Washington DC. Hedden Dry Goods Co store in New Albany invites visits. Poultry shows to be held in Corydon next week with many breeders attending.
Invitations announce the marriage to be held at Broadway Methodist church Louisville Ky on Wednesday evening December 19 at seven o clock Miss LaHue daughter of Dr Isaac Lahue of Nevin and a county teacher. The article also notes Thanksgiving gathering at Mr and Mrs Joseph Walker Crandall and a feature on local advertising and calendar trivia. Ex Clerk Otto Cunningham leaves for Memphis with flat boat crew and cargo northward to New Orleans then Mardi Gras.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a no cure no pay offer. It claims the product can cure a cold in one day and notes a price of 25 cents. The message also mentions footwear for men women and children and references C. M. Minurr.
A holiday note praises shoes and house slippers as ideal gifts. It laments coarse shoes for lacking quality while promising the finest styles and leathers, hinting at a wide range of footwear coverings available.
At the Dec 8 meeting in Laneaville Indiana the Modern Woodmen of America elected new officers. Jas T Mcclaren is vice president financial director Benson W A H R LeMay Clerk John W Lyskowingski Banker John Routh Escort James Susith Watchman Clorence Smith Sentry Dr F E Wolf Physician Geo McHarritt Manager H R LeMay Representative John Routh Alternate.
The Hub encourages readers to read its advertisement carefully to save money and time during the holiday shopping season as prices move to suit customers.
Hampie Rainbolt aged 47 a long term inmate of the poor asylum dies. Harry Mentor aged 27 and Linson Uris aged 95 also died at the facility on the first of the month.
William Gohl, south of town, received a telegram Tuesday evening announcing the death of his son in law George Lacock at Indianapolis from brain trouble. He was 35, married to Gohl’s daughter about six years ago. Edward and Eliza Gohl left today to attend the funeral.
An old advertisement asserts consumption is a lung disease caused by a germ similar to moldy cheese. It claims killing the germ with Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil stops consumption, urging gradual dosing and claiming the product strengthens and satisfies hunger. It touts sample availability and lists prices for the emulsion.
Mr and Mrs James A Deatrick celebrated their forty second wedding anniversary at their Corydon area home five miles south of town. Relatives and friends arrived with baskets for a day of feasting song and prayer offered by Aunt Eliza Kitterman. Deatricks have seven children with ties to local and nearby towns.
A party of five young men led by E. E. Stacy of Indianapolis visited Wyandotte Cave on Sunday and Monday, stopping at the Kintner House en route. Mr and Mrs Dola Conrad left today for Indianapolis where Mr Conrad has a position in a grocery store with his brother in law Otto Beck.
G K Gwartney bought a 197 acre farm near Bradford yesterday and plans a large cattle ranch in the spring. He intends to develop the land for beef production and start the ranching operation after the purchase.
Our old printer friend Samuel J. Hill left today for Batavia Ohio to spend a month or two with friends.
Harrison County Indiana Board will accept sealed bids December 1900 for record books blank and stationery for 1901. Bids filed with the Auditor. specifications in the Auditor's office. Separate bids for blank books and for printed stationery. bonds of 1000 dollars required with bid. Bond approval prior to bid opening. By order of the Board. James A. Wand
Indiana coroner W. S. Nye reports Adron True died December 4 1900 in Morgan Township Harrison County from two stab wounds to the back near the rib and lung. Witnesses viewed the body and a post mortem examined by Drs William Daniel and John Finley. True was 17, about 5 feet 8 inches, 145 pounds, light complexion and slender build. The wounds were inflicted the night of November 17 1900 with a sharp instrument in Harrison County.
The sheriff states that rents and profits of the real estate will be offered for sale for a term exceeding seven years and if not sold for enough to satisfy the writ, the fee simple or all rights of the defendant will be offered at the spot. Philip E. ne
School teachers planning a school treat are advised to check prices with C. A. Watson located on the north side of the public square.
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